Houston Community News >> Japanese Woman Finds Scorpion in Jeans
12/19/2006 -- A Japanese woman
trying on a pair of jeans in a shop got a shock when she was stung by a scorpion
hidden inside. The woman, on the southern island of Okinawa, ended up in
hospital for five days as a result of the sting, which was not life-threatening.
Local health officials captured the 5cm (2 inch) scorpion, which was believed to
be a Chinese bark scorpion.
It is thought to have traveled inside the jeans from China, where they were
made.
Officials told the Mainichi Daily News that the woman, who was not named, felt a
sudden pain in her right knee as she tried the trousers on.
When she rubbed the area with her hand, the scorpion then stung her right index
finger.
(Contributed by BBC Asia)